The property is owned by The Uniting Church in Australia and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

He promoted the idea that the parish should expand its role and its ability to earn income by the provision of both meeting rooms and rentable space.

Jack Mundey and the Builders Labourers Federation responded to a plea by congregation members and declared a green ban on the project, thus saving the building.

[6] By the mid 1970s, the small congregation, devoted itself to renewing the life of the parish and began restoring the church and Pilgrim House.

The facade to Pitt Street is sandstone, symmetrical with monumental Ionic columns rising through a two-storey, supporting cornice and balustraded parapet.

[1] This included the internal galleries, resting on fluted iron columns cast by Dawson of Sydney, and the vestry to the rear.

[8] During the 1960s the church fell into disrepair, but the loss of the building altogether was prevented by a ban imposed by the Builders Labourers Federation in 1973.

Some basic work to bring the organ back into use was carried out in 1974 by Pitchford & Garside: in 1982 the firm commenced a staged restoration project with Kelvin Hastie as consultant and this was assisted by a NSW Heritage Grant.

Dr Dorothy McRae-McMahon was minister there 1983–1993, during which time she and the congregation were strong supporters of Sydney's anti-Apartheid movement.

[12] The Pitt Street Uniting Church has had a significant role in the development of the social and religious life of Australia.

[1] Pitt Street Uniting Church was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

The Church was strongly involved in local issues and supported the social and liberal traditions of the nineteenth century.

[14][1] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.